Far East Cynic

In case you missed it.

The other day, Jon Stewart had a fascinating interview with Juan Williams. While I think Stewart was too dismissive of the corrosive effects of associating yourself with an organization that is as polarizing as Fox News- he is right on the mark about the sad state of the blogosphere these

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Hiatus

I’m going to take a break for a while and clear my head. I’ll be not blogging for about a week or so. I am mentally tired and need a break. And to put it frankly I am too depressed right now to think straight.

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That light at the end of the tunnel.

Is probably an oncoming freight train. Still-the idea of Willard finally moving on from PACOM is a good one-and it would appear it may actually be safe to go back to Naples again: Adm. Jon Greenert, the current vice chief of naval operations, was formally nominated Thursday to be the

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Two people separated by a common language….

It only seems that Americans and Australians or British speak the same language. In reality-the usages of common phrases in every day speech are often radically different. In a recent article the BBC took a look at the creeping “Americanization” of the Queen’s English: The Americans imported English wholesale, forged

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Finally done

I am finally done with my Six Sigma Course. Thanks be to God! Word to the wise-if you decided to pursue a Black Belt course-be sure to allocate a decent amount of time and do not let your self get behind. No Lie! But now it is done. Beer was

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On the mend

Amazing what 10+hours of sleep will do for you. I woke up today feeling better-but still went to the Dr today. I was actually going with trepidation-especially if they decided to do some test. But he didn’t do any of that-talked a long time with me about my medical history,

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Under the weather.

Sorry for the lack of posting. For the last four days-if I haven’t been at work-dragging my ass around for eight hours-I’ve been in bed or forcing myself to eat. Finally ran up the white flag and found a doctor through my contacts at the Embassy. Appointment is tomorrow. It’

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Back again

Greetings from sunny Bucharest! The city seems to have changed very little in a year. Got in late due to Lufthansa leaving Frankfurt late. By the time I got to the hotel I was exhausted. Slept for a while-then realized I needed to eat. So back across the street to

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RIP Clarence Clemons

This is really sad. Any male of a certain age-who tells you he never drove his car fast with this song blaring out of the radio at about 90db-is lying. Clarence Clemons was the “power sax” player in Springsteen’s band and his sax playing makes this tune extraordinary. Rest in

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